C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10)

lbachmeier · 01-29-2008, 10:59 PM

I had to replace my harddrive and re-installed Windows XP. The C-Media AC97 is not active. I do not have the correct cd for the ASUS motherboard to install the correct driver. Any suggestions?

thanks

**manic** · 01-30-2008, 01:20 AM

Go to asus' website, support. While you are there download the mobo
drivers. Anytime you format you need to install those.

ecc83 · 01-30-2008, 01:24 AM

Better still. Get a better soundcard.

Dave.

redadept · 03-25-2008, 09:51 AM

Try rolling back your driver to RealTek 97 .... this worked for me.

**FreoHeaveho** · 03-27-2008, 05:57 PM

ecc83, not helpful.

As my team mate suggested your motherboard drivers are available from Asus website, however your issues stems probably from a lack of chipset drivers (due to your recent reinstall of XP). If you still need help, please download PC WIzard from my sig and install it. Then go to FILE, SAVE AS, and click ok. Save the text file and copy its contents to this thread.

cheers

ecc83 · 03-27-2008, 09:44 PM

I am sorry to be deemed unhelpful. My quick comment was justified.

I post 99% of the time on one of three sound forums. One of the most common problems that arise is On Board Sound and next Creative cards.

The driver ruggedness and general flexibility of a card like the M-Audio Delta 2496 needs to be experienced to be believed.

I had all kinds of problems with the OBS in all 3 of my pc's (the chipset costs about $1) and now they use 2496's and/or AI's.

bloodied but......

Dave.

**FreoHeaveho** · 03-27-2008, 10:14 PM

no worries, but lets try to be proactive nonetheless?

cheers, maybe you can help further then...?

ecc83 · 03-27-2008, 10:43 PM

My experience has been to disable the OBS in BIOS if possible or Device Manager if that is too scary ( I only go there with great trepidation!) and fit a pci card as I suggest.

The 2496 is about £60 and is one of the cheapest "pro" cards around. There are others of equal quality from Emu etc but their drivers are said to be not a solid as M-Audios'.

As a half way house the Trust Optical Expert at about £20 is quite useful and gives the option of co-ax or optical S/PDIF connection. It also has 5.1 support (most pro cards do not).

I am by no means a pc guru! These are just my observations over some 3years of pc sound recording and breaking and (sometimes) mending things.

Sound is the cinderella part of computing and XP was a great step forward in making it easier to get first class results (Vista was a lost opportunity to do even better!). Pc's are not naturally configured for best sound work, go to www.musicxp.net for more info.

Dave.

**FreoHeaveho** · 03-27-2008, 10:45 PM

creative?

goregadget · 04-01-2008, 07:40 AM

i believe i had the same problem as the author, i found no help from this forum or any other.

as soon as you boot up do you get the windows installer pop-up saying its found new hardware

ac97 codec combo driver?

and also in your device manager do you have an error with multimedia audio controller?

ill check this post later but try email me if what i put is familiar to you

xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xx.xx

**FreoHeaveho** · 04-01-2008, 08:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goregadget

i believe i had the same problem as the author, i found no help from this forum or any other.

as soon as you boot up do you get the windows installer pop-up saying its found new hardware

ac97 codec combo driver?

and also in your device manager do you have an error with multimedia audio controller?

ill check this post later but try email me if what i put is familiar to you

goregadget@hotmail.co.uk

That is simply not true. This is a very commonly fixed issue on this forum, Code 10 simply means the driver is not installed. If the OP uses PC Wizard in my sig so we can identify the chipset drivers, then install the audio driver and other hardware drivers, it will be sorted. Simple. However, as the OP hasn't posted since January, i would assume he has worked this out already and sorted it.

Tumbleweed36 · 04-01-2008, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goregadget

i believe i had the same problem as the author, i found no help from this forum or any other.

Goregadget,

I just went back and looked at your earlier post and no one did answer in the three hours that you had it posted. We have all volunteers on this forum who are very skilled but do have jobs outside of the forum (many in the computer industry) and also they have families, so they sometimes take a little longer to respond than what you expected.

These volunteers work "free" in their "spare" time and are not paid except for the satisfaction of helping others. Therefore, the lag in getting to every thread when we have hundreds a day (this forum runs 24 hours a day) to respond to is understandable.

I am sorry if you didn't get a response in the time that you expected (I think your second post was just a couple of minutes after your first. In that short time it would have been impossible for someone to be there that quickly for you.

We will keep trying to keep our response times down, but please understand how our forum works so you better understand why we can't always be there in such a short time.

I also had to remove your email address to prevent unwanted spam, so if anyone wants to communicate with you, they can do so through the PM method.

Thanks for understanding and have a great day.

goregadget · 04-02-2008, 05:11 AM

thats fine about removing my email,, i guess it was a little nieve, i just thought it may help the author.

i can understand about my post not being answered over such a short time, however from the moment iposted my problem there were many viewers, and, after searching the internet for a 2 hours or so i came to the conclusion that no forum had a solution to my problem, trust me i checked, so i was simply trying to help the author if his problem was the same as mine.

all the help i have recieved in the past from techsupportforum (the only tech frum i use) has been extremely useful.

i hope the author gets his problem solved and wish him/her luck

**FreoHeaveho** · 04-02-2008, 07:56 AM

Your intent seems geniuine, however lets keep the solutions to problems in the forum so everyone can share from the wisdom you bring.

rollends · 11-01-2009, 04:13 PM

i have the same problem i have had to reformatt pc as i had missing files and it wouldnt boot up . ive gone from xp home to xp pro but now my cmedia ac97 wont work code 10 i have updated drivers and uninstalled and reinstalled in device manager any help would be appreciated . i used pc wizard from freeheaveho's sig Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3
Report Date: Sunday 01 November 2009 at 23:03

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

<<< System Summary >>>

> Mainboard : NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL SiS650

> Chipset : SiS 650

> Processor : Intel Pentium 4 @ 2400 MHz

> Physical Memory : 1536 MB

> Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

> Hard Disk : WDC (120 GB)

> DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B

> DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N

> Monitor Type : NEC CI A727 - 16 inches

> Network Card : AR5005G 802.11a/b/g Wireless Network Adapter

> Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3

> DirectX : Version 9.0c

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
***** End of report *****

ecc83 · 11-01-2009, 04:29 PM

Rollends,
I had a similar problem with an EPoX MOBO some 4 years ago, could not get obsound to work. I fixed it by runnining the drivers from the MOBO disc.

I have not however used OBS for at least 3 years on any of my machines, I would suggest you just stick a pci card like the Trust in there.

The men who REALLY know about pc's and sound are at www.soundonsound.com

Dave.

rollends · 11-03-2009, 03:16 PM

finally after three days ive done it so for anyone else with the same prob
i uninstalled my drivers then installed http://driverscollection.com/?file_id=14053 this driver then went into sound and audio devices click audio and select the driver in the above link (sis 712) for your playback and recording . i was quite chuffed with myself as im pc illiterate

01-29-2008, 10:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
lbachmeier Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1 OS: Windows XP	C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) I had to replace my harddrive and re-installed Windows XP. The C-Media AC97 is not active. I do not have the correct cd for the ASUS motherboard to install the correct driver. Any suggestions? thanks

01-30-2008, 01:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
manic Mod Hardware Team Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 5,241 OS: xp	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) Go to asus' website, support. While you are there download the mobo drivers. Anytime you format you need to install those. __________________

01-30-2008, 01:24 AM	#3 (permalink)
ecc83 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 295 OS: XP	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) Better still. Get a better soundcard. Dave.

03-25-2008, 09:51 AM	#4 (permalink)
redadept Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: georgia Posts: 1 OS: XP	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) Try rolling back your driver to RealTek 97 .... this worked for me.

03-27-2008, 05:57 PM	#5 (permalink)
FreoHeaveho TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,213 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 SP2, Windows XP Professional SP3, Mac OSX Leopard My System	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) ecc83, not helpful. As my team mate suggested your motherboard drivers are available from Asus website, however your issues stems probably from a lack of chipset drivers (due to your recent reinstall of XP). If you still need help, please download PC WIzard from my sig and install it. Then go to FILE, SAVE AS, and click ok. Save the text file and copy its contents to this thread. cheers __________________ PC Wizard-VGA 2009 Charts-Power Supply Info-Multi/Single Rail PSU?-Speedfan-Driver Sweeper

03-27-2008, 09:44 PM	#6 (permalink)
ecc83 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 295 OS: XP	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) I am sorry to be deemed unhelpful. My quick comment was justified. I post 99% of the time on one of three sound forums. One of the most common problems that arise is On Board Sound and next Creative cards. The driver ruggedness and general flexibility of a card like the M-Audio Delta 2496 needs to be experienced to be believed. I had all kinds of problems with the OBS in all 3 of my pc's (the chipset costs about $1) and now they use 2496's and/or AI's. bloodied but...... Dave.

03-27-2008, 10:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
FreoHeaveho TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,213 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 SP2, Windows XP Professional SP3, Mac OSX Leopard My System	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) no worries, but lets try to be proactive nonetheless? cheers, maybe you can help further then...? __________________ PC Wizard-VGA 2009 Charts-Power Supply Info-Multi/Single Rail PSU?-Speedfan-Driver Sweeper

03-27-2008, 10:43 PM	#8 (permalink)
ecc83 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 295 OS: XP	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) My experience has been to disable the OBS in BIOS if possible or Device Manager if that is too scary ( I only go there with great trepidation!) and fit a pci card as I suggest. The 2496 is about £60 and is one of the cheapest "pro" cards around. There are others of equal quality from Emu etc but their drivers are said to be not a solid as M-Audios'. As a half way house the Trust Optical Expert at about £20 is quite useful and gives the option of co-ax or optical S/PDIF connection. It also has 5.1 support (most pro cards do not). I am by no means a pc guru! These are just my observations over some 3years of pc sound recording and breaking and (sometimes) mending things. Sound is the cinderella part of computing and XP was a great step forward in making it easier to get first class results (Vista was a lost opportunity to do even better!). Pc's are not naturally configured for best sound work, go to www.musicxp.net for more info. Dave.

03-27-2008, 10:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
FreoHeaveho TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,213 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 SP2, Windows XP Professional SP3, Mac OSX Leopard My System	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) creative? __________________ PC Wizard-VGA 2009 Charts-Power Supply Info-Multi/Single Rail PSU?-Speedfan-Driver Sweeper

04-01-2008, 07:40 AM	#10 (permalink)
goregadget Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Uk, West Yorkshire Posts: 44 OS: xp	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) i believe i had the same problem as the author, i found no help from this forum or any other. as soon as you boot up do you get the windows installer pop-up saying its found new hardware ac97 codec combo driver? and also in your device manager do you have an error with multimedia audio controller? ill check this post later but try email me if what i put is familiar to you xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xx.xx Last edited by Tumbleweed36; 04-01-2008 at 09:51 AM. Reason: email address removed to prevent spam

04-02-2008, 05:11 AM	#13 (permalink)
goregadget Registered User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Uk, West Yorkshire Posts: 44 OS: xp	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) thats fine about removing my email,, i guess it was a little nieve, i just thought it may help the author. i can understand about my post not being answered over such a short time, however from the moment iposted my problem there were many viewers, and, after searching the internet for a 2 hours or so i came to the conclusion that no forum had a solution to my problem, trust me i checked, so i was simply trying to help the author if his problem was the same as mine. all the help i have recieved in the past from techsupportforum (the only tech frum i use) has been extremely useful. i hope the author gets his problem solved and wish him/her luck

04-02-2008, 07:56 AM	#14 (permalink)
FreoHeaveho TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,213 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 SP2, Windows XP Professional SP3, Mac OSX Leopard My System	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) Your intent seems geniuine, however lets keep the solutions to problems in the forum so everyone can share from the wisdom you bring. __________________ PC Wizard-VGA 2009 Charts-Power Supply Info-Multi/Single Rail PSU?-Speedfan-Driver Sweeper

11-01-2009, 04:13 PM	#15 (permalink)
rollends Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp pro sp3	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) i have the same problem i have had to reformatt pc as i had missing files and it wouldnt boot up . ive gone from xp home to xp pro but now my cmedia ac97 wont work code 10 i have updated drivers and uninstalled and reinstalled in device manager any help would be appreciated . i used pc wizard from freeheaveho's sig Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3 Report Date: Sunday 01 November 2009 at 23:03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ <<< System Summary >>> > Mainboard : NEC COMPUTERS INTERNATIONAL SiS650 > Chipset : SiS 650 > Processor : Intel Pentium 4 @ 2400 MHz > Physical Memory : 1536 MB > Video Card : NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 > Hard Disk : WDC (120 GB) > DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD-ROM GDR8161B > DVD-Rom Drive : HL-DT-ST DVD-RAM GSA-H22N > Monitor Type : NEC CI A727 - 16 inches > Network Card : AR5005G 802.11a/b/g Wireless Network Adapter > Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 Service Pack 3 > DirectX : Version 9.0c ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *** End of report ***

11-01-2009, 04:29 PM	#16 (permalink)
ecc83 Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 295 OS: XP	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) Rollends, I had a similar problem with an EPoX MOBO some 4 years ago, could not get obsound to work. I fixed it by runnining the drivers from the MOBO disc. I have not however used OBS for at least 3 years on any of my machines, I would suggest you just stick a pci card like the Trust in there. The men who REALLY know about pc's and sound are at www.soundonsound.com Dave.

11-03-2009, 03:16 PM	#17 (permalink)
rollends Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2 OS: xp pro sp3	Re: C-Media AC97 Audio Cannot start (code 10) finally after three days ive done it so for anyone else with the same prob i uninstalled my drivers then installed http://driverscollection.com/?file_id=14053 this driver then went into sound and audio devices click audio and select the driver in the above link (sis 712) for your playback and recording . i was quite chuffed with myself as im pc illiterate